Ilhan Omar

Ilhan Omar (4 October 1981-) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-MN 5) from 3 January 2019, succeeding Keith Ellison.

Biography
Ilhan Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1981, and her family was forced to flee to Kenya during the Somali Civil War. In 1995, the family moved to Arlington, Virginia, and then to Minneapolis, Minnesota. She became a community nutrition educator at the University of Minnesota before working with women's rights groups, and, in 2018, she became a Democratic candidate for the US House of Representatives. A proud democratic socialist, she won with 78.2% of the vote.